Jowar Upma
Jowar Upma is an Indian breakfast dish made with jowar rava, onion, carrot, peas and other everyday ingredients. The full ingredient list and method are below.
- Total time (approx.)
- 20 min
- Calories (estimate)
- ~270 kcal
- Course
- Breakfast
- Cuisine
- Indian
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Ingredients
Quantities below are a guide for a typical household portion — scale them to the number of people you are cooking for and season to taste.
- 1 cup jowar (sorghum) rava
- 1 onion, chopped
- 1 carrot, diced small
- 1/4 cup peas
- 1 tsp mustard seeds
- 1 sprig curry leaves
- 1 green chilli, chopped
- Salt to taste
- Lemon juice
Method
- 1Dry-roast jowar rava in a pan for 3–4 minutes until fragrant. Set aside.
- 2In the same pan, temper mustard seeds, curry leaves, and green chilli.
- 3Add onion with a splash of water; cook until translucent.
- 4Add carrot and peas; sauté for 2 minutes.
- 5Pour in 2.5 cups hot water, add salt, bring to boil.
- 6Stir in the roasted jowar rava, cover and cook on low for 5 minutes.
- 7Fluff with a fork, finish with lemon juice, serve hot.
About these numbers: the time shown is an approximate overall cooking time, and the calorie figure is a rough estimate for one serving of the dish as described — not a laboratory analysis. Both will change with your portion size, ingredients and how much fat you cook with. Dietary tags describe the dish in general terms; always check the labels on what you buy. Nothing here is medical or dietary advice. Spotted a mistake? Tell us and we will fix it.
Guides that feature this dish
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